Improved velocipede



E. N. HUNTSMAN.

Velocipede. 4 N0. 86,545. Patented Feb. 2, 1869.

E. N. HUN'ISMAN, OF ALLEGHEN-Y, PE'NNSYLVANIA. Letters Patent N0. 86,545, dated February 2, 1869.

v IMPROVEID 'VELOGIPIEDE.

fl'he Schedule rafan-ed to in these Letten; Patent and making part{of the sann.

T all whom*it mag; concern:

Be it lmown tha'o I, E. N. HUNTSMAN, of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny'and Stafte of Penus3dvania, ha.ve invented certmin new aud -useful Improvements in Veloipdes; a.nd I do hereby declare tha.t the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referenoe being ha.d the ancompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and 110 'the letters o'f reference marked thereon, like letters indicating 1ike pamts wherever they 000111.

T0 enable others skilled in the a.rt 130 oonstruct and use my invention, I will pfoceed deseribe it.

.My invention rela.tes 110 velocipedes, and consists in a. ce.rta.in nqvel oonstaruction and arrangernent 0f the wheel, and the fmme in which it is moun'ted, in 0011- nection with a reaeh, termina.ting. in a. runnenor runners, bywhieh it is made suitable fo1 nse upon the ice.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my ice-veloeipede,

showing' all its pa1'bs;

.Figure 2 is a. sectional view 0x1 the1 ine x-iv of fig. l; and v Figure 3 is a. sectibnal v1'iaw of a. modification of the form of.the tire of wheel.

Velocipeding, especially 011 compa.ratively smooth surfaes, whether in la.rge cities orelsewhere, has of late become extremely popular. The admit ted utility of velocipedes, in enabling 1:he ridefto move with grea.t ea.se and rapidity from place. plane 011 Land, suggested the idea of their peculia.r fitness f01 use upon the hard, smooth -surfaoe of ice, provided they were constn1cted with special reference to tha.t purpose.

The constmction of a, velocipede for use upon nhe ice is theobject of my invention In oonstruccing it, I mount a wheel, A, of any size desired, in a suitable frame, H.

This fra.me should be simple, strong, and light,'and, as const1g1cted by me, consists of a. semicireular piece 01 guard, a, With ios endsconneeted by the cross-rods b and the steering-post B, the semicircular piece a and cross-rods b being conneofied rigidly tothe steeringpoSc Bat i andj, as shown in fig. l.

The steering-posti B .is forked, and straddleS ehe wheel A, and ha.s ifis lower ends provided with journa.ls, through whichthe ax1e. of the whee1 A passes.

T0 the ends 0f the axle a.re attached the cranks F, which ha.ve foot-rests er stirrups d, so weighted and hung as a-1ways present the fiat surface 110 the foot.

The upper end of the steering-post B has a tiller, k, attached, with its handle Z, a.s shown in the sa.me fig. l.

T0 the shank of thesteering-post B, I connect a.

mach, G, ourved as shown in fig. l, and with its end forked.

The exfiremities 0f ea.ch of the forks I provide With a. skate-runner, G, a.nd conneet the forks by a crossbar, m.

'lhe shank 0f the post B passes through and turns easily in the reaeh G, which is made of the requisit length to'permit the post B to stand prpendicular t0 the surfalce of the ioe, and be, skate-runners 0 so b paaallel'with the surfac.

O11 the mach G, I mount the saddle E, eonnecting its fore end directly to the reaoh, and supporting its rear end 011 bhe suppbrting-rods n, which may be made 0f spring-stee], if desi1ed.

'Ihe tire g, upon .the wheel A, I make of the form shown in fig. 2, 01" in the form shown in fig. 3, 2md insert in the rim of the whee1 a series of adjustable pins, j}. a.s shwn in fig. 1.

lhe objecb 0f ma.king the unter surface of the faire.

wedge-shaped, as shown in fig. 2, 01 grooved, a.s shown in fig. 3, and of inserfiing the adjustable pins f, -is 'to enable the wheel 130 grasp or catch the ic:e with 0erta.inty, and 1:0 preyent slipping or sliding, and also eas6 and security in turning.

The pins f may be eonstruoted with tbreads 011 them, and screw into thg=l rim 0f the wheel A. When made in this way, they ca.n always be readily a.nd co'nven: iently adjusted.

The rea.ch G, insead of being forked a.s shown, a.nd

provided with two runners, ma.y be c'onstructed without being forked, in which case only one runner will be required.

'Ihe single runner is intended f0r skilled velocipedists, while the doub1e runnen will be suitaable f0r beginners.

I1; is obvious thaflo the mach G ma.y serve a3 the runner without the atta.chment of a. ska.te c. 

